Printing machine for textile fabrics



March 17, 1931 P. M. ZLYDIN PRINTING MACHINE FOR TEXTILE FABRICS or'iinal Filed Nov. s, 1928 FIG.2

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ATTORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 17, 1931 ETED STATES PATENT OFFICE PETER M. ZLYDIN, 0FASTORIA, NEW YORK PRINTING MACHINE FOR TEXTILE FABRICS Originalapplication filed November 6, 1928, Serial No. 317,580. Divided and thisapplication filed June 4.,

1930. Serial Mly invention relates to printing machines for textilefabrics and has a particular reference to machines for printing linefigures or patterns on fabrics or cloth.

In a well known art of dyeing fabrics in difierently colored patterns,under the name of batik, it is necessary to outline the patterns with acomposition, impervious to water soluble dyes.

Usually this work is performed by hand in the following manner: A smallpiece of cloth is stretched on a frame and the outline of the design orpattern is drawn by a thin brush, using some impervious to watersubstance such as a glue or rubber solution. The spaces between thelines are painted by dyes of different colors.

The manual process is very slow and expensive. It can be greatlysimplified and cheapened, however, by means of my machine, in which thelines are printed by a single impression, and several pieces of goodscan be printed one after the other from the same pattern block.

My invention is more fully described 111 the accompanying specificaitonand drawing in which- Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my machine,Fig. 2 is a plan view of same partly in section, Fig. 3 is a detailedView ofthe printing table, and Fig. 4: is a detailed view of a printingblock.

This is a divisional application of my application Serial No. 317,580,filed Nov. 6, 1928.

My machine consists of a table 1 supporting atray 2 preferably made ofmetal. The tray has dowel or guiding pins 3 attached to its sides. Thesepins slida-bly fit 1n the holes in clips or brackets 4: attached to thesides of a stretcher or stretching frame 5 on which a piece of goods 6is tightly stretched.

A second tray 7 is placed inside of the first tray 2 and is supported onthe ends of levers 8 pivotally supported on ivots 9 on brackets 10attached to the sides 0 the tray 2.

The free or outer ends of the levers 8 are provided with hooks or eyesfor cords 11 extending around sheaves 12 to a central c onnector 13. Acord (or chain or a similar flexible carrier) let extends from theconnector around a central sheave 15 to the end of a lever arm 16. Thisarm is rotativeiy mounted on a pin 17 on a bracket 18. The free end ofthis lever is provided with a pedal 19 (a handle may be also used if sopreferred).

The pattern of a design is formed by means of lead blocks or strips 20bent to the required shape and cemented to the bottom of the tray 7.Instead of cementing the strips can be soldered in a few spots to thebottom if the tray is made of a suitable metal.

The pattern strips 2O are. provided with narrow grooves 21 at the topfor the printing solution. They are all of the same height so that theirtops form a level surface.

The operation of my machine is as follows.

The tray 2 is filled with a suitable composition such as a rubber orglue solution. The

weight of the tray 7 tends to keep it down in the tray 2, and the cords11 are relieved from tension by a spring 22 which pushes the free end ofthe lever 16 up.

The frame 5 with a piece of cloth 6 stretched on its under side is thenplaced on the pins 3 resting on the edge of the tray 2 or on specialblocks 23.

In this inoperative position of the tray 7 there should be sufiicientamount of glue in the tray 2 to cover the tops of the strips 20.

The pedal 19 is then depressed thereby turning the levers 8 and raisingthe tray 7 (Fig. 3) until the topsof the strips 20 press againstthecloth 6. The grooves 21 become filled with glue and transfer same on thecloth thereby printing the outline of the pat tern or design with animpervious line of a uniform width. I The frame 5 is then removed fromthe machine and is transferred to another machine for filling the spacesbetween the lines with dyes of different colors.

Important advantages of my machine are that it provides a means forrapid printing on the cloth of pattern outlines with impervious to watersolutions thereby replacing a slow and expensive manual labor for thispurpose.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a printing machine for textile fabrics, the combination with atable, of a tray on said table adapted to contain impervious to watersolutions, strips in said tray forming a pattern of a design, means tosupport a piece of fabric above said tray, andmeans to raise said stripsfrom said tray so as to bring said strips in a contact with said fabricthereby imprinting said design on said fabric.

2. In a printing machine for textile fabrics, the combination with atable, of a tray sup ported on said table, and adapted to containimpervious to water solutions, a second tray in said first tray, stripsin said second tray forming a pattern of a design, means to support apiece of fabric above said trays, and means to raise said second trayuntil said strips come in contact with said fabric thereby imprintingsaid design on said fabric with said solutions.

3. In a printing machine for textile fabrics, the combination with atable, of a tray supported on said table and adapted to contain animpervious to water solution, a second tray in said first tray,vertically arranged strips in said second tray forming a pattern of adesign, the top edges of said strips being provided with grooves forsaid solution, means to support a piece of fabric above said'trays, andmeans to raise said second tray until said strips come in contact withsaid fabric thereby imprinting said design with said solution.

4. In a printing machine for textile fabrics. the combination with atable,-of a tray supported on said table and adapted to contain animpervious to water solution, a second tray in said first tray,vertically arranged strips in said second tray forming a pattern of adesign, levers supporting said second tray so that the tops of saidstrips are below the level of said solution, a pedal, operatingconnections between said levers and said pedal, a frame adapted to besupported on said table above said trays and adapted to support apieceof fabricin a stretched condition. said levers being adapted toraise said second tray until said strips come in a contact with saidfabric thereby imprinting said pattern on said fabric, when saidperlalis operated.

In testimony whereof I affix int signature.

' 'PETER M. ZLYDIN.

